Leslie Rochlen — a professional organizer from Bridgeport, Connecticut
Mike Donilon — a finance manager from Orlando, Florida
Jenn Cannon — a physician from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenn | $2,800 | $5,200 | $14,800 |
$29,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
19 R, 1 W |
| Mike | $1,500 | $2,700 | $11,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Leslie | $1,400 | $5,800 | $14,900 |
$29,750
New champion: $29,750 |
$15,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| AUTHORS | 1987 | SNACK ATTACK | BIRDS | ODDS & ENDS | FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[26]
During WWII this "Gone with the Wind" author was an American Red Cross volunteer & sold war bonds
(Margaret) Mitchell
Mike
|
$200
[11]
This British prime minister won a rare third term in June
Margaret Thatcher
Mike
|
$200
[1]
I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Krispy Kreme
Jenn
Mike
|
$200
[6]
It's the type of swan heard here
a trumpeter swan
Jenn
|
$200
[16]
This oil cartel controls 40% of world production
OPEC
Jenn
|
$200
[21]
Mrs. Reagan's whims
Nancy's fancies
Mike
|
|
$400
[27]
In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Herman Melville
|
$400
[12]
Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title
(Ivan) Lendl
Jenn
|
$400
[2]
I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat
a peanut butter cup
Jenn
|
$400
[7]
Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live--this continent's savanna
Africa
Jenn
|
$400
[17]
The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
the Sears Tower
Jenn
|
$400
[22]
Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Pat's mats
Jenn
|
|
$600
[28]
He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"
Chekhov
Jenn
|
$600
[13]
A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000
a surrogate
Jenn
|
$600
[3]
I'd love some Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie ice cream, but this duo purposely misplaced the recipe
Ben & Jerry
Leslie
|
DD
$500
[10]
The long legs of the bird seenheregive it this name, from a prop used by circus performers
a stilt
Mike
|
$600
[18]
On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
Winston Churchill
|
$600
[23]
Mrs. Truman's frocks
Bess's dresses
Leslie
|
|
$800
[29]
After years of writing science fiction, he found his niche with historical novels such as "North and South"
(John) Jakes
Mike
|
$800
[14]
2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
Mir
Mike
|
$800
[4]
Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them
the South Beach diet
Leslie
|
$600
[8]
Thisbird shown in an illustration is distinguished from the heron by the bustle of feathers over its rump
crane
|
$800
[19]
This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"
(Rene) Lacoste
Jenn
|
$800
[24]
Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs
Betty's jetties
Leslie
|
|
$1,000
[30]
She first wrote "Ethan Frome" in French, then later translated it into English
Edith Wharton
Leslie
|
$1,000
[15]
In October the Senate rejected this former Watergate figure's nomination to the Supreme Court
Robert Bork
|
$1,000
[5]
I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853
potato chips
Jenn
Mike
|
$800
[9]
Perhaps this "thrush", a type of babbler, hangs out at comedy clubs with the same-named hyena
laughing thrush
Mike
|
$1,000
[20]
Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.
cold cream
Leslie
|
$1,000
[25]
Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations
Laura's auras
Leslie
|
| MUNICH | "AI" | THE COLOR PURPLE | MINORITY REPORT | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS | SPIELBERG MOVIES |
|
$400
[15]
In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents
bubonic plague
Mike
|
$400
[20]
China or other ceramic objects can also be called this, after the material they're made of
porcelain
Leslie
|
$400
[5]
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Purple Heart
Mike
|
$400
[10]
A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document
the Constitution
Jenn
|
$400
[25]
When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
the sun
Jenn
|
$400
[1]
Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Twilight Zone
Mike
Leslie
|
|
$800
[16]
Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these
heart
Jenn
|
$800
[21]
This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"
archaic
Leslie
|
$1,200
[7]
Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
the Minnesota Vikings
Leslie
|
$800
[11]
In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed
John Roberts
Jenn
|
$800
[26]
In a Wilde tale, an American family in the mansion Canterville Chase encounters this trying to scare them
a ghost
Mike
|
$800
[2]
This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company
Amblin
Mike
|
|
$1,200
[17]
The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy
1972
Mike
|
$1,200
[22]
This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town
daiquiri
|
DD
$1,500
[6]
Day of the week in February 2006 when the top of the Empire State Building was lit purple, green & gold
Tuesday
Mike
|
$1,200
[12]
Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
obscenity
Leslie
|
$1,200
[27]
He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984
Mike Wallace
Mike
|
$1,200
[3]
Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"
Schindler's List
Leslie
|
|
$1,600
[18]
On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name
monk
Leslie
|
$1,600
[23]
This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"
an au pair
Leslie
|
$1,600
[8]
2 centuries late, this unstable British king was diagnosed with an excess of purple pigments in the blood
King George III
Jenn
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"
clear and present
Leslie
|
$1,600
[28]
On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison
Pope John Paul II
Mike
|
$1,600
[4]
13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
Empire of the Sun
Jenn
|
|
$2,000
[19]
In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
the Counter-Reformation
Leslie
|
$2,000
[24]
Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile
caiman
Jenn
|
$2,000
[9]
This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado
the columbine
Jenn
|
$2,000
[14]
Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
Leslie
|
$2,000
[29]
In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one
a front
Mike
|
$2,000
[30]
Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
1941
Mike
|
To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section
Macduff